BELAIR o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-06 published
THIBERT,
EugeneF.
77 years, of Tilbury, at University Hospital, London on Thursday,
January 4, 2007. Beloved husband of Cordelia "Toby" (née
BELAIR.)
Loving father of Annette and husband Brian
CURTIS.
Dearest grandfather
of Marie GAUDREAU and spouse Ian
KELLY, Ben
CURTIS and wife Julie,
Jason CURTIS, and great-grandfather of Zachery
KELLY, and Cameron
and Ryan CURTIS.
Predeceased by parents Anthony
THIBERT (1977)
and Marie
(CHARRON)
THIBERT (1972.) Dearest brother of the late
Margaret CHEVALIER (1989) (Mid-1991,) the late George
THIBERT
(2003) (Cecile,) Alfred (Edna)
THIBERT, the late Leo
THIBERT
(2001) (Marcella,) Theresa
WATSON
(Dave-1979,)
James
(Marcella)
THIBERT, all of Tilbury, Marie
LEVESQUE of McGregor (Andre-2001.)
Dear brother-in-law of Orise
TELLIER, the late Agatha
CHOUINARD
(2005,) Velina
SHEEHAN,
JeanneTHIBERT, Louise
BROSSEAU, Carmelle
GAGE.
Eugene was owner and operator of Thibert's Abattoir in
Tilbury from 1961 until 1983, and was Fire Chief of Tilbury from
1959 to 1992. Eugene was a member of Canadian Association of
Fire Chiefs, Ontario Fire Chiefs Association, and Ontario Retirees,
and was past president of Kent County Association of Fire Chiefs,
and Essex County Association of Fire Chiefs. He was a member
of Tilbury Knights of Columbus Third and Fourth Degree. Visitation
at Reaume Funeral Home, 6 Canal St. W., Tilbury Saturday from
7-9 p.m., Sunday from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Parish prayers 3 p.m.
Sunday. Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus prayers 8: 30 p.m.
Sunday. Funeral service from the funeral home Monday, January 8,
2007 at 10 a.m., then to St. Francis Xavier Church, Tilbury for
Mass at 10: 30 a.m. Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.
Donations to Saint_Joseph's-Regional Mental Health Care London
or Alzheimer Society appreciated.

BELAND o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2007-01-17 published
William Delanore
CRONK
Del CRONK, a resident of Billings Township, died at home on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at the age of 61 years.
He was born in Kagawong,
son of the late John and Laurinda
(ORR)
CRONK. He drove truck most
of his life, with imperial Oil for over 20 years, and for commercial Transport, Day Transport
and lastly Manitoulin Transport. Del loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and golfing.
He will be sadly missed, but many memories will be cherished. Del is survived by dearest
friend Ethel
BOWERMAN of Mindemoya, brothers Mark of Billings Township , Ross (Marilyn
WYERS)
of Billings Township , Charles (Chris
RACEY) of Gore Bay and sisters
Laura MULVILLE
(RonTHORNTON) of Gravenhurst, Gladys
BELAND (Clifford) of
Sudbury, Peggy
THIBAULT
(EarlDAHL) of Sudbury and Mary Ellen
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON (Ron) of Sault
+ Sainte Marie. Predeceased by brothers Thomas and Billy. Also survived by many nieces and
nephews. Friends called at the Culgin Funeral Home Tuesday. The funeral service will be
conducted in the William G. Turner Chapel on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 11.00 am with
ReverendMary Jo
ECKERTTRACY officiating. Cremation to follow. In remembrance, donations
to the Cancer Society would be appreciated.

BELAND o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-28 published
VANSTONE,
JeffreyTurner
Jeff passed away in Grande Prairie, Alberta in the QE II Hospital
on Saturday, November 24, 2007. He confronted metastatic melanoma
with his usual determination and wry humour. He was 47 years
old and a resident of Grande Prairie. Jeff was born in Montreal
February 21, 1960 and received his schooling in Beaconsfield,
Quebec and Toronto. He was active in hockey, golf and playing
trumpet in the excellent music programs offered by the North
Toronto schools. Jeff graduated in Business and Administrative
Studies at Huron College of the University of Western Ontario.
He then worked for Bata Shoes and was transferred to western
Canada. Later in Edmonton, he worked in the hospitality industry
for several years in restaurant management. Jeff moved to Grande
Prairie in 2000 with his beloved partner Lizette
BELAND and his
dog Kayla. He worked for a while in the oil industry negotiating
exploration permits with local landowners. Jeff returned to his
key interests of hospitality, food and people by joining food
services giant Sysco Canada. He serviced the hotel and restaurant
industry in a large territory north of Grande Prairie to Peace
River and beyond to High Level - almost to the Northwest Territories
border. Jeff thoroughly enjoyed this work despite the extensive
travel required, and built his territory to the point that it
had to be divided. Extensive training courses in Ontario provided
by Sysco, allowed him to broaden his industry knowledge. Jeff
is survived by Lizette, parents Elaine and Donald
VANSTONE and
sister Suzanne
VANSTONE of Toronto, brother Steve
VANSTONE of
Las Cruces, N.M.; aunts Dorothy Naylor
CROWDER of Kingsville
and Jo-Anne
VANSTONE of Burlington, and aunt Grace
LEE and uncle
Ed LEE of West Vancouver, British Columbia, and cousins in Ontario,
Manitoba and British Columbia. He will be missed by Friends in
Toronto and southwestern Ontario, Edmonton and Grande Prairie.
A funeral service will be held in Grande Prairie on November 29.
A memorial service is planned in Toronto on Thursday, December 6
at 1: 30 p.m. at Eglinton-St. George's United Church, (Lytton
Boulevard and Duplex Avenue). If desired, donations may be made
to the Alberta Cancer Foundation (www.cancerboard.ab.ca) or your
charity of choice.

BELANGER o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2007-11-28 published
PALLETT,
Frederick▼Roy
Born July 30, 1922 in Mississauga. Passed away peacefully on
Thursday, November 22, 2007 at Baycrest Health Centre, Toronto,
following a long struggle with Alzheimers disease. Husband and
loving partner to Jean Muriel
PALLETT (née
McTAVISH.)
Devoted▼
father of Donna (Brian)
WOODHOUSE of King City and Linda Pallett
BELANGER
(Laurie▼ROWLANDSON) of Sudbury. Proud grandfather of
Michelle, Jamie Jenna, Kayla, Eric and Daniel. Predeceased hy
his brother Donald, sisters Laura, Alice, June and parents Roy
and Lillie
PALLETT.
Fred▼ and Jean built and operated Cedar Grove
mobile home park and sales lots for over 55 years where up to
250 families lived. Fred was a lifetime member of Bethseda United
Church and in more recent times Eugenia United Church. He was
awarded the Paul Harris Rotary Award for outstanding service.
He always enjoyed his family time at his cottage and his winters
in Naples, Florida. The past three years he has resided at Sunrise
Senior Living in Aurora. Palliative care in the past months have
been at Southlake, Sunnybrook and Baycrest Hospitals. The devotion
care and love by his many care workers will always be remembered
and treasured by his family. The family received Friends at the
Turner and Porter, "Peel Chapel" 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga
on Sunday, November 25. Service was held at Applewood United
Church, Mississauga on Monday November 26 at 11 a.m. Visitation
was continued at the Fawcett Funeral Home, Flesherton on Monday
from 6: 30-8:30 p.m. Interment - Flesherton Cemetery. As an expression
of sympathy, donations can be made to the Alzheimers Society
- York Region.
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BELANGER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-11-24 published
PALLETT, “Fred” Fredrick Roy
Born July 30, 1922 in Mississauga. Passed away peacefully on
Thursday, November 22, 2007 at Baycrest Health Centre, Toronto
following a long struggle with Alzheimers disease. Husband and
loving partner to Jean Muriel
PALLETT (née
McTAVISH.)
Devoted▲
father of Donna (Brian)
WOODHOUSE of King City and Linda Pallett
BELANGER
(Laurie▲ROWLANDSON) of Sudbury. Proud grandfather of
Michelle, Jamie, Jenna, Kayla, Eric and Daniel. Predeceased by
his brother Donald, sisters Laura, Alice, June and parents Roy
and Lillie
PALLETT.
Fred▲ and Jean built and operated Cedar Grove
mobile home park and sales lots for over 55 years were up to
250 families lived. Fred was a lifetime member of Bethesda United
Church and in more recent times Eugenia United Church. He was
awarded the Paul Harris Rotary Award for outstanding service.
He always enjoyed his family time at his cottage on Lake Eugenia
and his winters in Naples, Florida. The past 3 years he has resided
at Sunrise Senior Living in Aurora. Palliative care in the past
months have been at Southlake, Sunnybrook and Baycrest Hospitals.
The devotion, care and love by his many care workers will always
be remembered and treasured by his family. The family will receive
Friends at the Turner and Porter, “Peel Chapel”, 2180 Hurontario
St. (Hwy. North of Queen Elizabeth Way), Mississauga on Sunday,
November 25 from 2-4 and 6: 30-8:30 p.m. Service will be held at
Applewood United Church, 2067 Stanfield Rd., Mississauga, on
Monday, November 26 at 11: 00 a.m. Visitation continues at the
Fawcett Funeral Home, Flesherton on Monday 6: 30-8:30 p.m. Interment
Flesherton Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations
can be made to the Alzheimers Society-York Region.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-10-04 published
Farm deaths a growing concern
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Thurs., October 4, 2007
The London region's farming community is mourning the loss of
two farmers killed in accidents this week.
Tuesday, a 71-year-old Middlesex farmer was killed when he was
crushed by a tractor.
Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police said the man, whose name
was not released, had been working with his tractor in a bush
area of the property on Amiens Road in Middlesex Centre at about
5 p.m. when the tractor flipped.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and extricated by
Middlesex Centre-Delaware firefighters.
On Sunday, Joseph
DEVEREAUX, 82, of Huron East, was found dead
in a silo on his farm in Huron East about 1 p.m.
That accident is being investigated by police and provincial
labour and agriculture officials but the death is not considered
suspicious.
Officials with the Ontario Farm Safety Association and Ontario
Federation of Agriculture could not immediately be reached for
comment.
The high number of farm deaths has sparked calls in recent years
for a national strategy by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association.
Statistics show that between 1990 and 2000, 1,086 people were
killed in farm accidents in Canada.
More than a tenth of those killed -- 112 -- were children younger
than 15, and most of those were children younger than five.
Children on farms are twice as likely to die from injuries as
other children. Nearly 15 children per 100,000 die in farm-related
deaths each year. The national rate for all fatal injuries for
children is 9.6 per 100,000.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-10-10 published
London man dies in fiery crash
The identity of the victim in the fatality near Lucan has not
been released.
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Wed., October 10, 2007
Fatal: Doug
GRAHAM, media officer with Middlesex Ontario Provincial
Police, examines the burnt wreckage of a pickup truck at the
scene of a collision that happened at 11 a.m. yesterday on Highway 4,
just north of the Clandeboyne curve. The driver, and sole occupant
of the pickup, which witnesses: say swerved into the path of an
oncoming cement truck, was pronounced dead at the scene. (Susan
BRADNAMSunMedia)
A head-on crash near Lucan between a pickup truck and a cement
truck early yesterday killed a London man when the pickup exploded
in flames.
The crash followed a deadly long weekend on Southwestern Ontario
roads, with three people killed and another left fighting for
life in hospital.
witnesses: to yesterday's crash along Highway 4, and its aftermath,
painted a picture of sudden horror.
"There was lots of fire," said Londoner Gavin
DOUCHERTY, who
passed by the scene moments after the crash.
"There were (vehicle) parts everywhere along the road. They were
trying to put the fire out with small extinguishers," he said.
An unidentified driver of a second pickup truck said he was following
the cement truck shortly before 11 a.m.
"There was a huge burst of dust and a loud bang. I saw a pickup
sliding across the road and then the cement truck rolled to a
stop ahead of me," said the unidentified man.
The victim -- a man in his 20s, whom police hadn't publicly identified
died instantly, Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police said.
[The victim was subsequently identified as Ivan
STIMAC.]
The▼ cement truck driver, John
DICKSON/DIXON, 42, wasn't hurt.
The crash occurred about eight kilometres north of Lucan and
Mooresville Drive.
The northbound pickup crossed the centre line and collided with
the southbound cement truck, Ontario Provincial Police said.
The impact appeared to have happened unexpectedly at full speed,
with no tell-tale skid marks suggesting braking by either truck.
A kilometre-long stretch of highway was closed for hours as police
investigated and road workers cleaned up.
The unidentified man from the second pickup said he went to check
on the cement truck driver after the crash.
"I could tell (the pickup driver) was gone, so I went over to
the cement truck and helped (the driver) get his door open and
helped him from the cab. He was okay."
About 100 metres of highway was littered with debris from both
trucks, a large tire from the cement truck thrown into a field
20 metres away.
The pickup, almost unrecognizable, was charred and torn, and
the road badly scarred.
The Lucan-Biddulph fire department put out the blaze.
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old Bayham Township man was fighting for
his life in hospital yesterday after the pickup he had been driving
went out of control and rolled before hitting a tree Monday night.
The name of the victim, thrown from the pickup, wasn't released.
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police said the crash occurred about
11: 40 p.m. near the intersection of Talbot Line (Hwy. 3) and
Hacienda Road in Malahide Township.
Police said it appeared the truck hit two road signs before rolling
and hitting the tree.
Malahide Fire Department and Elgin-Saint Thomas Emergency Medical
Services raced to the scene and found the driver, suffering "severe"
trauma.
Taken to Saint Thomas airport, he was flown to London Health Sciences
Centre where he was in critical condition.
Earlier Monday, a Sarnia man was killed after he lost control
of his car and was ejected from the vehicle.
Phillip KREMER, 30, of Sarnia, was driving north on Brigden Side
Road near Confederation Line about 6 p.m. when his car went into
one ditch, crossed the road and ended up in another ditch. Kremer
was pronounced dead at the scene.
Huron Ontario Provincial Police said a 19-year-old woman was
killed at 3: 30 p.m. Monday when her car rolled on Goshen Line
in South Huron.
Jolene UNWIN, of South Huron, was thrown from the car and killed.
In another crash, Friday at 6 p.m., an 81-year-old man died from
a medical condition after a two-car crash on Goderich Street
in West Huron.
Deborah DILLON of Huron East is charged with failing to yield
from a private driveway.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-11-03 published
Convicted wife-killer
BUXBAUM dies in jail
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Sat., November 3, 2007
Helmuth BUXBAUM, a church-going, millionaire nursing home operator
whose double life of sex and drugs imploded with the contract
killing of his wife, has died.
Focus of one of Canada's most sensational murder trials in the
mid-1980s, he died in prison at age 67.
An official at Warkworth Institution near Peterborough said
BUXBAUM
died Thursday after being transferred to Kingston Penitentiary
Regional hospital because of unspecified health concerns.
FreePress reporter Chip
MARTIN, who covered
BUXBAUM's trial
that ended with a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Hanna,
said he was struck by
BUXBAUM's double life. "On the one hand,
he was a very good family man, a very good businessman and, on
the surface, a very religious man and a leader in his faith community,"
said MARTIN.
"That he had a dark side to his personality -- that he could
hang around a bunch of low-lifes and let them exploit him for
money in exchange for drugs and sex -- was a real revelation,"
said MARTIN, author of Buxbaum: A Murderous Affair.
During the trial,
BUXBAUM, who had built a Komoka-based nursing
home empire from scratch, was described as a cocaine addict who
preferred the company of young prostitutes and was desperate
to do away with his wife, whom he found dull and unattractive.
MARTIN offered another description of Hanna.
"His wife was a wonderful woman and mother who stood up to him
and paid the price with her life."
BUXBAUM reportedly sold the business before his conviction for
$23 million.
The Crown's case centred on money, saying nearly $2 million had
disappeared from
BUXBAUM's bank account and that he had recently
taken out a $1-million life insurance policy on his wife.
Hanna BUXBAUM, 48, was shot in the head by a gunman at the side
of a highway in July 1984 while a nephew, Roy
BUXBAUM, sat in
the car.
They had stopped, supposedly to help people having car troubles.
It was later learned
BUXBAUM planned the killing earlier in the
day, but it was foiled when a police cruiser pulled up after
the cars had stopped on Highway 402.
They left and drove to Pearson International Airport to pick
up a nephew. The shooting was staged when they returned later
that day.
BUXBAUM denied he hired a drug dealer as the hit man.
But at trial, drug dealer Rob
BARRETT testified
BUXBAUM offered
$25,000 plus expenses and a house for someone to kill his wife.
BARRETT said he offered the contract to Pat
ALLEN, another London-area
drug dealer.
ALLEN, sentenced to eight years, testified he agreed
to perform the killing, but backed out and let Gary
FOSHAY take
over.
FOSHAY was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to
life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
In a later appeal, rejected by the Ontario Court of Appeal, the
defence argued
BUXBAUM was insane at the time of the killing
because of a stroke suffered two years earlier.
The nephew, Roy, who later sued
BUXBAUM, could not be reached
for comment.
Despite being behind prison walls,
BUXBAUM never quite faded
from the limelight, his name regularly resurfacing in the media
as recently as January 2005 in a documentary about his lawyer,
Eddie GREENSPAN, and
in June 2000, when a reporter wrote about
BUXBAUM advocating for the rights of seniors in prison.
In that story,
BUXBAUM said he still dreamt about reconciliation
with his six children and his grandchildren, but knew it wouldn't
be easy.
"After so many years, it's like I don't exist," he said. "I'm
an inconvenience. They've built their own lives and their own
careers. They don't need me."
In the article,
BUXBAUM complained about life in prison, especially
for seniors.
"There is no mercy in Canada,"
BUXBAUM said.
"We've lost our mercy, and these old people must die a lonely
death in prison."

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-11-06 published
All-terrain vehicle deaths have doubled across region
Police say the increase in this type of fatality is totally preventable.
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Tues., November 6, 2007
Alcohol, helmets and speed are key factors in six deaths this
year of people riding all-terrain vehicles in Southwestern Ontario.
And a disturbing trend that has seen double the number of all-terrain
vehicle fatalities across the province continued last weekend
when a 28-year-old Howick man was killed after losing control
of the vehicle.
"They're not handling the vehicles properly," said Ontario Provincial
Police Sgt. Dave Rector, media officer for the Southwest Region.
"It's a powerful machine. They're not wearing helmets, they're
mixing alcohol and that's just a recipe for disaster."
At about midnight Sunday, police said, an all-terrain vehicle
driven by James
SCHUMACHER, 28, of Howick, went out of control
on Gorrie Line in Howick Township.
SCHUMACHER was pronounced dead at the scene and a passenger suffered
minor injuries. The cause of the crash is still being investigated.
It was the second all-terrain vehicle-related death in less than
a week.
Jerome Leonard
AQUASH, 24, of Walpole Island was killed and three
others injured early last Thursday when an all-terrain vehicle
crashed into a telephone pole and a tree on Chiefs Road near
Dan Shab Road. Among those injured was a 15-year-old girl who
was airlifted to London Health Sciences Centre in serious condition.
To the end of October, 23 people died in 22 all-terrain vehicle
accidents in Ontario, up 91.7 per cent over 2006 when 12 people
died in 12 all-terrain vehicle incidents over the same period.
There has been a 350 per cent increase in the number of people
killed in Ontario while not wearing a helmet -- nine this year
versus two last year.
Meanwhile, alcohol has been a factor in 13 deaths in 2007, up
225 per cent from four last year.
"In reviewing reports of all-terrain vehicle fatal incidents,
in a majority of cases the driver was going too fast, lost control
and either hit something or the driver was thrown off the vehicle
and it landed on him," said Chief Superintendent Bill
GRODZINSKI,
commander of the Ontario Provincial Police Highway Safety Division.
"All-terrain vehicles can be very dangerous if not driven responsibly,"
he said. "Drinking and driving or not wearing a helmet increases
an operator's chance of having a serious crash considerably."
In one incident, an all-terrain vehicle driver was going too
fast on a private road and lost control on a curve. The driver
was ejected from the vehicle and was hit by a pickup truck.
In another, an inexperienced driver tried to jump a ditch but
hit the edge of it instead and launched the vehicle 29 metres
before it landed on the driver, who had been drinking.
"The increase in this type of fatality is totally preventable,"
GRODZINSKI said. "The Ontario Provincial Police will continue
to maintain a zero tolerance approach to charging all-terrain
vehicle operators who are caught drinking and driving or not
wearing approved helmets."
Aside from fatalities, all-terrain vehicle injuries are also
causing concern. A recent Canadian Institute for Health Information
study concluded the number of hospitalizations related to all-terrain
vehicle accidents increased 25 per cent from 1996-1997 to 2004-2005.
That means, on average, 19 people a day went to emergency departments
in Ontario, a toll that has climbed dramatically in less than
a decade.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-11-08 published
Woman, 91, dies in blaze
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Thurs., November 8, 2007
An elderly woman died following a fire at a Parkhill home yesterday.
Beatrice Marjorie
WOOLVETT, 91, was pulled from the house by
firefighters and rushed to Strathroy General Hospital where she
was pronounced dead.
Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police said firefighters were called
to the blaze at the John Street residence about 7: 42 a.m. Smoke
was billowing from the home, where the woman was found lying
on a floor.
The Ontario Fire Marshal's office is investigating. Police did
not release the cause of death.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-11-21 published
Milverton driver killed in car crash in crash
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Wed., November 21, 2007
A 76-year-old woman was killed when the car she was driving went
out of control and landed in a field north of Milverton.
Helen Marie
BAIER of Milverton was ejected from the car and pronounced
dead at the scene, said Perth County Ontario Provincial Police
Const. Glen Childerley. She wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
The about 8 p.m. crash Monday closed Perth Road 131 for several
hours while investigators tried to piece together events.
Police said
BAIER's car was northbound when it left the road,
went airborne and flipped into a field.
Police are checking the car for mechanical faults and ask anyone
with information about the crash to contact them at 1-888-310-1122.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-11-23 published
Crashes abound on area's icy roads
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Fri., November 23, 2007
Police across the London region scrambled yesterday to keep up
with reports of dozens of crashes as rain changed to ice, then
snow.
Police and rescue workers were busy along Highway 401 where several
collisions were reported.
In Lambton County, Ontario Provincial Police responded to at
least nine collisions yesterday.
In Oxford County, an eight-year-old girl and two drivers were
hurt in a head-on crash on Oxford Road 8 near Hubbard Road.
The driver of a pickup truck had pulled out to pass another vehicle
when it collided with a van about 7: 40 a.m.
Only a small portion of the truck's windshield had been scraped
of ice, said Oxford Community police Sgt. Marvin
MASSECAR.
The two drivers and the girl were taken to Woodstock General
Hospital. The child was later transported to London with internal
injuries.
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police yesterday disclosed the identity
of a Leamington man and woman killed when their sport utility
vehicle crossed the median on Highway 401 west of Iona Road and
collided with a transport truck about 7: 15 p.m. Wednesday.
Roger TOUPIN and Carole
TOUPIN, both 31, were ejected from the
vehicle.
Two men were injured in a collision Wednesday night on Wonderland
Road at the Guy Lombardo Bridge. A vehicle heading south crossed
the median and hit a northbound vehicle. Two other vehicles were
involved in the crash.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-12-10 published
Deadly triangle
A London teacher and one man are found dead in a car. Another
man is shot in a parking lot.
By Joe BELANGER, Patrick
MALONEY and Joe
MATYAS, Sun Media, Mon.,
December 10, 2007
A London teacher is dead and a colleague recovering in hospital
after a stunning parking lot ambush yesterday that preceded an
apparent murder-suicide 300 kilometres away.
Angela SEDORE, 40, was found dead in her sport utility vehicle
near Peterborough just hours after Ed
DICKSON/DIXON -- a fellow teacher
at Ashley Oaks elementary school -- was shot by
SEDORE's boyfriend
outside a south London plaza, family members say.
SEDORE's sister said she had been dating a man named Ray
KING
for two years.
The bodies of
KING and
SEDORE were found, apparently shot to
death, in her sport utility vehicle south of Peterborough following
a police chase.
"This guy obviously came for one thing and that was to kill all
three of them,"
DICKSON/DIXON's father, Ken
DICKSON/DIXON, said.
DICKSON/DIXON's father said it appears a phone call to his son's home
from a colleague whom his son had just started dating may have
set the tragic chain of events in motion early yesterday.
DICKSON/DIXON, 36, told his father
SEDORE sounded distraught and wanted
to meet him, so he decided to go see if everything was all right.
He later described to his father a chilling scene.
Upon arriving at the parking lot outside the A and P store at Wellington
and Commissioners roads about 1: 40 a.m., he approached the woman's
vehicle when a man hopped out, armed with a gun.
The▲ man fired, the bullet ripping through one side of
DICKSON/DIXON's
stomach and out the other, then through the window of his Jeep,
he told his father.
"If he didn't turn (his body,) he'd be a dead man," Ken
DICKSON/DIXON
said after visiting his son in the hospital. "A gunshot wound
to the stomach, you're a dead man."
Remarkably, Ed
DICKSON/DIXON told his father he jotted down the licence
plate number as the vehicle drove off.
Within an hour,
SEDORE's apartment on the second floor of a quaint
Hyman Street home was swarming with police officers whose dramatic
arrival stunned neighbours.
Durham regional officers, east of Toronto, were on alert for
SEDORE's sport utility vehicle in connection with the London
shooting and would soon be following it.
About 4: 45 a.m. yesterday, the Ontario Provincial Police was
asked to follow the sport utility vehicle as it travelled north
on Highway 115, which runs from Highway 401 to Peterborough,
SEDORE's home town.
The sport utility vehicle drove over a police spike belt and
went into a ditch, about 10 kilometres south of Peterborough.
SEDORE and a man found inside were dead of apparent gunshot wounds.
Police sources told Sun Media the dead man in the sport utility
vehicle is Ray
KING, 41.
A neighbour, who described
SEDORE as a "wonderful" person, said
the teacher had been dating a man named Ray.
Having dramatically changed his appearance -- dropping 30 pounds
and getting a new haircut -- he was visiting her in London this
weekend, the neighbour said.
Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police and city police were
at SEDORE's apartment for much of yesterday, taking away a slew
of items including her computer, a neighbour said.
SEDORE's birth mother, who only met her now-grown daughter three
years ago, was stunned by yesterday's tragedy.
"There's no words to say how I feel," Johanna
YATEMAN said when
contacted at her Peterborough home. "I feel great, great loss."
The Special Investigations Unit, which probes any civilian death
involving police, is investigating the case.
"This is a tragic circumstance and there's a lot to be done,"
the Special Investigations Unit's lead investigator, Allan
EATON,
said.
Ken DICKSON/DIXON, who travelled to London from Detroit during the weekend
for a family Christmas party, said his son was conscious but
struggling in the aftermath of his close call. "He's starting
the goofy stuff -- 'I should have called the police (before going),'
" he said.
Several teachers at Ashley Oaks, reached at their homes yesterday,
declined comment.
A huge swath of the parking lot at the busy south-end plaza --
which houses several restaurants and a busy grocery store --
was taped off for hours as officers scoured around
DICKSON/DIXON's green
Jeep, a bullet hole clearly visible in its side window.
Shoppers coming in and out of the A and P were stunned by the scene.
"This city is getting bad," said one elderly woman. "You've got
to have eyes in the back of your head."
DICKSON/DIXON's shooting happened fewer than 24 hours after the death
of Anthony
BRUN in an Old South home a few blocks away. A man
[later identified as Gordon Tyler
McCURDY] has been charged with
second-degree murder in the 24-year-old's death.
What Happened
LateSaturdayNight: Londoner Ed
DICKSON/DIXON gets a distraught-sounding
call from a fellow teacher at Ashley Oaks elementary school.
He goes to meet her at the A and P store parking lot at Wellington
and Commissioners roads, arriving about 1: 30 a.m. yesterday.
A man with a gun exits the woman's vehicle and fires a shot that
rips through
DICKSON/DIXON's stomach. The vehicle takes off. Wounded,
DICKSON/DIXON jots down the licence plate and calls police.
Yesterday, 4: 45 a.m.: Durham Regional Police ask Peterborough
Ontario Provincial Police to intercept an sport utility vehicle,
wanted in a London investigation, along Highway 115, which extends
north from the 401 toward Peterborough.
The sport utility vehicle runs over a police spike belt south
of Hwy. 7A and ends up in a ditch, 10 km south of Peterborough.
Ontario Provincial Police find the bodies of a man and a woman
Ray KING of Belleville and London teacher Angela
SEDORE --
in the sport utility vehicle. They appear to have been shot to
death. The sport utility vehicle is registered to
SEDORE.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-12-11 published
Trucker dies hours after crash
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Tues., December 11, 2007
A Missouri trucker, apparently unhurt when his transport truck
and another rig collided, died two hours later when he collapsed
alongside Highway 402 and couldn't be revived.
Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police said a truck hauling glass
was struck from behind by another transport truck hauling furniture
at 2: 44 a.m. on Highway 402, near Longwoods Road at Delaware
just west of London.
A passenger in the furniture truck, Christopher
SCHULTETUS, 27,
of Michigan, was asleep in the berth and taken to the London
Health Sciences Centre with injuries that weren't life-threatening.
The driver of the furniture truck, Bradley
SCHULTETUS, 26, of
Michigan, wasn't hurt.
Police said the driver of the glass transport, Thomas
HART, 52,
of Missouri, was also apparently unhurt.
But HART collapsed on the side of the highway about two hours
after the collision.
Ontario Provincial Police officers at the scene performed cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation and the man was taken by ambulance to London Health
Sciences Centre where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy was
to be take place in London.
The Ontario Provincial Police's technical collision investigators
were trying to determine what happened.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-12-23 published
Crash kills mother of four
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Sun., December 23, 2007
A 29-year-old mother of four children is dead and 54-year-old
man has been charged for failing to remain at the scene after
a hit-and-run crash west of London early yesterday.
Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police said a white Chevrolet Cavalier
rear-ended a black Cavalier at 12: 30 a.m. on Chippewa Road, just
north of Middlemiss Drive on Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.
Passenger Alisha
ALBERT was killed when she was thrown from the
black car as it rolled several times into a ditch.
ALBERT leaves
behind four children: Jasmine, 10, Jamal, 8, Jaydin, 6, and Keyanna,
"She was the best mother in the world. Everything she did, she
did for those kids,"
ALBERT's sister Starr, 18, said.
"The community is devastated and their hearts and prayers are
going out to the family," said Chief Vaughan
ALBERT, a second
cousin to the victim.
The Ontario Provincial Police canine and emergency response team
units working with Chippewas of the Thames First Nation officers
searched the area for the suspect driver for several hours before
calling off the search.
Late yesterday, Brian
FRENCH of Chippewas of the Thames First
Nation, turned himself into police. He is charged with failing
to remain at the scene of an accident causing death and failing
to remain at the scene of an accident causing bodily harm.
FRENCH
is scheduled to appear in court this morning for a bail hearing.
"It's the third child her mother (Shelley
ALBERT) has lost in
the last four years or so. I can't even imagine what she's feeling,"
Vaughan ALBERT said. "We're all devastated. It's a little hard
to comprehend."
Two brothers of Alisha, Clinton and Joey, were killed in separate
car crashes in 2004.
Starr said their mother is coping as best she can.
"Alisha was funny, always there to help," Starr said.
Two other passengers, a 19-year-old man and 17-year-old woman,
were taken to London Health Sciences Centre's Victoria campus
with non-life-threatening injuries. The 16-year-old female driver
of the black Cavalier was not injured.

BELANGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-12-27 published
IVEY also a very respected businessperson
FormerLondon member of provincial parliament Dianne
CUNNINGHAM
says Beryl Ivey was 'a role model for many.'
By Joe BELANGER, Sun Media, Thurs., December 27, 2007
Beryl IVEY, whose philanthropy touched the lives of countless,
was also an astute London businessperson, her acumen admired
by many.
Accolades continued to pour in yesterday for the London icon
who died Christmas morning and will be buried in London tomorrow
her birthday -- following a private family service.
A memorial service will be held January 11 at Saint Paul's Cathedral
in London.
"Most of us know her as a business woman," said Dianne
CUNNINGHAM,
a former London member of provincial parliament, Ontario cabinet
minister and now director of the Lawrence National Centre for
Policy and Management at the Richard
IVEYSchool of Business
at the University of Western Ontario.
"We were all involved in raising money and there was always a
business plan in place. She always asked the questions… She was
a role model for many of us."
CUNNINGHAM, who has known Beryl and Dick
IVEY for more than 30 years,
was devastated by the news of
IVEY's death three days before
her 83rd birthday after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.
"She taught us to ask questions, be generous and to always say
thank you," said
CUNNINGHAM. "
She was a great advisor for everybody,
who would give you her best ideas. Has London ever known a family
like this? No. I'm going to miss her very, very much."
AnotherLondon icon, Don
SMITH, who founded Ellis-Don Ltd., Canada's
second-largest construction company, said he lost a "close friend."
SMITH said Beryl
IVEY, president of Beehive Investments Inc.,
sat on many boards, including corporations, but not just in an
honorary capacity.
"Her judgement certainly was respected," said
SMITH. "
She brought
to boards an intelligent, female point of view. She'll certainly
be missed."
Through her company Beehive,
IVEY contributed $1 million toward
a $9-million partnership fund for London's National Centre for
Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery.
Born Beryl
NURSE in 1924 in Chatham to a Canadian army lieutenant-colonel,
IVEY was a gifted high school athlete who received a full scholarship
to Brescia College at University of Western Ontario in 1943.
It was at school that she met Dick, whom she married in 1949,
becoming part of a wealthy family that co-founded the Empire
Brass Manufacturing Co., now known as Emco.
It was Dick's father, Richard G.
IVEY, who in 1947 incorporated
the Ivey Foundation that became such a big part of the couple's
lives.
Beryl IVEY is credited with the business-like approach to philanthropy
the family adopted in the 1970s. She and Dick passed along control
of the foundation to their four children in 1997.
Beryl and Dick
IVEY moved to Toronto from London 18 months ago
to be closer to their children. In June, Beryl was named to the
Order of Canada.
She is survived by her husband, Richard, four children, nine
grandchildren and a brother, Robert
NURSE.
It's estimated the
IVEYs donated about $150 million to philanthropy
over several decades.
While much is known about the
IVEYs volunteerism and philanthropy
toward education, medicine and the arts, not so well known is
their wide-ranging interest and support for the environment.
The World Wildlife Fund, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and
the Talbot Land Trust are but a few of the
IVEY's benefactors.
Judith RODGER, former chair of the London Community Foundation,
said Beryl and Dick
IVEY "had a sense of the importance of protecting
biodiversity.
"If you ever needed good, sensible advice, Beryl was a good person
to turn to," said
RODGER.
"She was very astute and cared deeply about the environment.
And she had a real business sense."
John KIME, former chief executive of the London Economic Development
Corp., said the
IVEYs didn't give blindly.
"She put discipline into managing their philanthropy," he said.
"They supported things they felt were truly worthwhile. They
did wonderful research and then backed those causes or projects
strongly, with commitment. She was an extraordinary person in
terms of her commitment to this community. It's a huge loss."
In lieu of flowers, the family asks memorial donations be made
to Foundation Western at University of Western Ontario or the
London Community Foundation. Online condolences may be posted
at www.harrisfuneralhome.ca

BELANGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-11 published
LAMIE,
JohnJoseph (1932-2007)
John passed away July 9th, 2007 after a courageous 11-month battle
with pancreatic cancer. Survived by his loving wife Gwen of almost
40 years, and his children Patricia (Dany
BELANGER,)
Cynthia
(Dag REYNOLDS) and Thomas. He will be greatly missed especially
by his grandchildren Max, Amanda, Simen and Jeremy. Predeceased
by his father Thomas Joseph
LAMIE, his mother Mary Ellen
McNEIL,
his sisters Josephine and Marie and his brothers Hughie and Leo.
Survived by his brother Thomas (Buddy)
LAMIE and his sister Sadie
(Russell) McNEIL both of Cape Breton. John worked in the coalmines
and on the railway tracks to pay his way through school. After
graduating St. Xavier University he enjoyed many years as an
electrical engineer at Montreal Engineering and
at E&B Cowan.
John retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of E&B
Cowan. A special thank you to Joan Foster, Leslie Yee, Evelyn
Lafontant and the staff at the centre local de services communautaires
for their tremendous support. The family will receive condolences
on Thursday June 12th from 7-9 p.m. A funeral service will be
held on July 13th at 11 a.m. at the Mount Royal Funeral Complex.
1297 Chemin de la Foret, Outremont, Quebec H2V 2P9 (514) 279 6540.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the following would be appreciated.
The Cancer Research Society 625 President-Kennedy Avenue, Suite 402,
Montreal, Quebec H3A 3S5.

BELANGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-03 published
TAILOR/TAYLOR,
CharlotteElizabeth (née
WILLIAMSON)
(29 May 1916 - 29 October 2007)
Betty passed away after a short illness, in Whitehorse, Yukon
surrounded by family. She was predeceased by her beloved husband,
Neale (President, Wilfrid Laurier Univ, 1978-82); brother, Ted
and twin sister, Jean (1919). She is survived by her daughter,
Anne (Frank
TURNER;) son, Philip; devoted grand-daughters, Cindy-Anne
BELANGER
(Chris) and Wendy
TAILOR/TAYLOR (Dave
SHARP;) and four beautiful,
much-loved great-granddaughters, Cheylsea, Kaitlynn, Tayler and
Mackenzie. She will be remembered by special Friends, Pauline
Scott, Barbara Cowan, Louise Jamieson, Helen Hughes and Françoise
Scafield. Mum undertook her last great adventure in spring of
2007, moving from Toronto 'clear across the country' to the Yukon
to be close to her daughter and granddaughters. Her 'Yukon family'
were privileged to be able to share the last months of her life
and to care for her in her final days. Mum graduated from Branksome
Hall in 1936, where she was head Girl. She went on to complete
a diploma in Teaching and Supervision at UofT School of Nursing
(1941). A few years later, after working at Peterborough School
of Nursing and Toronto General Hospital, she went into the Bachelor
of Science program (Pre-Med) at McGill. She returned home to
care for her ailing father, so never had the chance to complete
her degree in internal medicine, but still managed to graduate
with a B.Sc. in 1948. In 1949, Betty married Neale
TAILOR/TAYLOR.
Three
years later, they adopted Anne and Philip. She went on to support
Neale in his many academic endeavours, first at the University
of Toronto, then through his many years at Wilfrid Laurier University.
She also took great delight in decorating various homes over
the years - she had a true flare for interior decoration. In
her last months in the Yukon, she undertook her final such project,
and even with failing eyesight could spot a slightly mis-aligned
curtain or a picture off the mark by just a few millimetres.
Betty always cherished the many Friends she made during her years
in nursing, Friends from Waterloo and the Wilfrid Laurier community,
as well as her connections to Branksome Hall. She also truly
enjoyed life at the Claremont Residence, before her move to the
Yukon, and felt especially thankful for the support and assistance
of Peter Venton, Jim Tait and the Zinken and Lange families.
During her brief illness, she was very impressed by the great
care and compassion shown by staff at Whitehorse General Hospital.
Heartfelt thanks to Eva, Tish, Catherine and Drs. Buchanan and
Breitkreutz; extra special thanks to her Care Aid, Nicole Launay,
and to Doctor Kanachowski. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation
to the educational institution of your choice in her name. Memorial
Service to be held at Whitehorse United Church, 6th November
at 3 p.m. Graveside service at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto,
open to Friends, on 13 November 2007 at 2: 00 p.m. Reception to
follow at Claremont Residence.

BELBECK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-11 published
BELBECK,
BettyJean
In memory of my beloved wife Four years ago this very day My
Betty Jean passed away, God saw how she was hurting so, She can't
go on this way. He took her into his very palm And said "You
come with me for I'll take care of you my dear throughout eternity."
Loved always Charles and your family

BELCHER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-17 published
LOCKHART,
Susie
Passed away peacefully on August 16, 2007 in the comfort of her
loving family, her daughter Susan
BELCHER and her son James
LOCKHART
and his wife
Susana.Beloved wife of the late James
LOCKHART.
Beloved grandmother of Deanna
LOCKHART
(Philippines,)
AllysonSARKIS
(Australia,) and Benjamin
BELCHER (Minneapolis.)
Cherished
great-grandmother of Shivaun, Jack, and Sean. Susie will be greatly
missed by Marlene and her husband Gord. Family and Friends may
call at Sherrin Funeral Home, 873 Kingston Road (West of Victoria
Park Ave.) Toronto (416-698-2861) on Monday August 20, 2007 for
a memorial service to commemorate her life at 11 o'clock. Cremation.

BELDING o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-19 published
SIMR,
Celestin "
Cel"
John (1930-2007)
Cel died peacefully on October 13, 2007 at Chinook Hospice. He
was born in Prague, Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) on December 10,
1930. Cel attended various schools in Europe and he graduated
from Hurstpierpoint College in England, McGill University, Montreal
with B. Eng. mechanical and University of Toronto with M.B.A.
He spent a few years with Westinghouse in Hamilton, Ontario,
followed by a number of years with Shell Canada in Alberta. Ultimately
he was a co-founder of Tri Ocean Engineering in Calgary from
where he retired. Cel is survived by his loving wife of 53 years,
Dixie
(AnneDixonMOFFATT) and his children, son Peter Celestin
(Patty née
BELDING) and daughter Gayle Anne
ROTHE
(Klaus) and
three grandchildren, Brittney Ann
SIMR,
BrodieArno and Kayla
Marie ROTHE.
The family would like to thank Carla Holt and staff
of Home Care for their loving care during this difficult time.
At Cel's specific request there shall not be a service and Friends
are invited to a Celebration of Life at the Willow Park Golf
and Country Club, 639 Willow Park Drive S.E. on Wednesday, October 24,
2007 from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. The family requests that no floral
tributes be sent. If Friends so desire, contributions may be
made directly to the Calgary Health Region, specifically home
care - palliative, 10101 Southport Road S.W., Calgary, Alberta
T2W 3N2, Attn: Finance Department. To email expressions of sympathy:
ccl@hffs.com, subject heading: Cel
SIMR.

BELFORD o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2007-01-10 published
BELFORD,
Marie
(SHEAN)
Entered into rest in Centre Grey Hospital, Markdale on Sunday,
December 31, 2006 in her 75th year. Marie
(SHEAN)
BELFORD was
the beloved wife of the late David
BELFORD. Dear mother of Gord
(Betty-Lou), Dee-Anna (Steve) and David. Loving grandmother of
Brad, Scott, Courtney and Jesse. A Memorial Service will be held
at the McMillan and Jack Funeral Home, Dundalk on Saturday, January 13
at 12 Noon. Donations to the charity of your choice would be
appreciated. Visitation on Saturday from 11 to 12 Noon.
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BELFORD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-25 published
Fighter pilot became college president and put education in his
sights
Royal Canadian Air Force flyer returned from the Second World
War determined to get a university degree. He found success in
business and passed on his lust for knowledge to a generation
of students
By F.F. LANGAN,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S7
Mel GARLAND was a man who did well at everything he did, and
he did an awful lot. A fighter pilot, a businessman and a civil
servant, he was also a visionary who helped develop community
colleges and trade schools in Ontario.
Mr. GARLAND was the second president of Durham College, a community
college at Oshawa, east of Toronto, from 1980 to 1988.
It was a time when the community college system was vigorously
expanding. Set up by the Ontario government in 1967, Durham was
one of about 20 new tertiary-level schools. The object was to
provide students with a practical education that would lead to
good jobs, and to improve the province's standard of living.
That is why Mr.
GARLAND promoted two- and three-year applied
engineering programs, and worked to get Durham College - the
school closest to a large auto plant - to set up a robotics lab.
"He was a strong believer that a modern society needed knowledge
workers above all else, and in particular, leaders in technology,"
said Gary POLONSKY who succeeded him as president of Durham College.
"Mel expanded programs in engineering technology and trades."
As part of running Durham College, he worked at establishing
the Skilled Trades Centre in nearby Ajax, Ontario A part of Durham
College, it now has about 2,000 students learning to become everything
from electricians and plumbers to millwrights and metal fabricators.
Mel GARLAND grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario, where the family
lived in the same house for 60 years. Both his parents were immigrants
from Glasgow, and his father worked as a maintenance foreman
at Thompson Products. As a boy, young Mel and his best friend,
Pete BELFORD, liked to sneak onto the local tennis courts to
play. The president of told them they could play for free if
they performed odd jobs around the club. Eventually, the two
of them played at the St. Catharines Tennis Club, where one year
they won the doubles championship. Later, they went on to win
the Niagara District championship.
Mr. GARLAND and Mr.
BELFORD did a lot of things together, and
remained Friends for life. As youngsters, they joined the Boy
Scouts, and once shared first place in a competition. Mr.
GARLAND
eventually became a King's Scout, the top honour a Scout can
earn. They once hitchhiked to Montreal and, when they were old
enough, went to Hamilton together to enlist in the Royal Canadian
Air Force and serve in the Second World War.
In 1942, Mr.
GARLAND was selected for pilot training. At flight
school, the same things that had made him a good tennis player
- sharp eyesight and quick reflexes - singled him out as a fighter
pilot. Just before he went overseas, he went to a tennis club
dance and met a young woman named Marguerite
ALLEN.
They saw
each other every night before he left.
He arrived in England in February of 1944, at the age of 21.
At that stage in the war, fighter pilots had two main jobs: protecting
bombers on their way to Germany, and preparing for the Allied
invasion of France. Almost as soon as he arrived, 403 Squadron
moved to Tangmere, a Royal Air Force station in West Sussex,
to be closer to the English Channel.
By this point, Mr.
GARLAND was a flying officer. He and the rest
of the squadron were equipped with the latest version of the
Spitfire fighter. Armed with cannons and machine guns, this version
was a much more deadly weapon than the one that flew in the Battle
of Britain. Flying low-level missions over France was also deadly
for the pilots.
The squadron moved to an airfield at Dieppe, France, on June 16,
just 10 days after the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Almost exactly
a month later, Mr.
GARLAND's plane was hit by flak while on a
mission. At first he thought he could land the plane, but a fire
broke out and he was forced to bail out. For a few seconds, he
was trapped up in the cockpit and feared his parachute would
not open but managed to alight in a field, convinced he was safe.
To his surprise, he was soon surrounded by German soldiers.
He spent three weeks as a prisoner of war, though never in a
camp. The Germans were in retreat and marched Mr.
GARLAND and
the other prisoners across France, sometimes covering as much
as 40 kilometres a day. In the confusion of the retreat, Mr.
GARLAND
escaped. He slept in the barns of sympathetic French farmers
and slowly made his way back to the Allied lines.
He soon found himself home in Canada, since the Royal Canadian
Air Force never sent an escaped PoW back into service, fearing
they would be shot if recaptured. But the war in Europe was soon
over, and Mr.
GARLAND resolved to make use of veterans scholarships
and get an education. Before the war, he had finished high school
but lacked the money to go to university. The scholarships allowed
him to go to Queen's University in Kingston and he graduated
in the class of 1948½ (to speed up their schooling and catch
up with life, veterans were allowed fall graduation).
While at Queen's, he married Marguerite (with Mr.
BELFORD as
best man) and the couple set off for Boston. He been accepted
to the Harvard Business School, even though he had already used
up most of his credits under the veterans' scholarship scheme.
To make ends meet, Marguerite found work and he got a night job
at the Harvard Library.
AfterHarvard, they returned home. Mr.
GARLAND started work at
General Electric Canada. He later worked at General Bakeries
and Ford Canada, during the period when the auto maker was building
its assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario
Even then, he was concerned about Ontario's ability to compete
in the world. In 1967, he became chairman of the education committee
of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the same year the community
college system was founded.
In 1974, Mr.
GARLAND joined the Ontario government as executive
director of industry and then executive director of trade. It
was the beginning of two decades of devotion to fine-tuning Ontario's
industrial infrastructure. He carried on with the same mission
at Durham College.
"The lack of skilled people to fill the manpower needs of industry
is a real problem," he said in 1980, the year he was appointed
president. "It's in the schools that we can turn attitudes around
to make these skilled jobs desirable careers."
Under his leadership, the school began expanding its industrial
facilities.
"He focused on bringing the latest technology to the classroom
and constructing a new state-of-the-art robotics lab, the precursor
to our Integrated Manufacturing Centre on campus today," said
Leah MYERS, president of Durham College. "Mel was known as an
entrepreneurial and consummate professional who set high standards
for himself and those around him."
Although he was a man with many careers, his neighbours in the
Toronto suburb of Etobicoke remember him as a strong family man
who was devoted to his six children. Neighbour and close friend
Ron Quick said his biggest success was raising his brood and
a marriage that lasted 60 years.
His oldest daughter, Linda, said he had an easy manner with both
his own children and others on the block. "Much can be said for
my father's many achievements, but he was the kind of dad who
says after dinner, 'Let's play some ball,' " she said. "We would
troop out to the side of the yard for a pickup game of baseball
and, within minutes, kids from up and down the street would be
joining us. Dad would be the only adult out there."
The flags at Durham College flew at half-mast the week Mr.
GARLAND
died. His friend Mr.
BELFORD, who never left Port Dalhousie,
attended the funeral.
Melvin Lloyd
GARLAND was born in Port Dalhousie, Ontario, on
October 19, 1922. He died on September 3, 2007, in Ancaster,
Ontario, of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 84.
He is survived by his wife, Marguerite. He also leaves daughters
Linda, Jane, Jennifer and Pat, and sons David and Greig.

BELFORD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-03 published
BELFORD,
JohnAlexander "
Jack"
Died in Oakville at Churchill Place on October 26, 2007, in his
90th year. He was born on January 16, 1918. He personally drew
up this notice in order to express gratitude, especially for
happiness and fulfillment in a wondrous marriage to Jeanne. Their
deep, loving relationship constant for 64 years, gave them enduring
joy; despite the world as it is, such marriage and their family
opened up to them a meaning of life.
He is survived by his wife, whom he adored and to whom he owed
so much and by the family they cherished: daughter Glen and her
husband Bill
HARLEY; son John and his wife
Audrey; grand_son Ian
THORNLEY and his wife
Helena; grand_son Andrew
THORNLEY and his
wife Kadek; grandchildren Kristine and Steven
BELFORD; and great-grandchildren
Sam, Charlotte and Anna
THORNLEY.
He was grateful too, for enriching fellowships at school and
university and in the army, in industry, and in social relations
at home and abroad. Given his age at the end, in the natural
order of things, most Friends predeceased him.
Jack asked that there should be no secular or religious service.
His favoured charities were Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
and his Alma Mater, McGill University.

BELFORD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-14 published
BELFORD,
AliceGrace (née
HASTED)
Passed away peacefully at Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston,
on Sunday, November 11th, 2007, at the age of 94. Grace
BELFORD,
beloved wife of the late Joseph F.
BELFORD. Dear mother of Joan
BELFORD
(PeterWHITE/WHYTE) of Toronto and Richard of Saskatoon. Fondly
remembered by step-grandchildren Darren
WHITE/WHYTE
(Katherine) of
Kingston, and Laura
(WHITE/WHYTE)
NEWSOME
(Don) of Roanoke, Virginia.
Predeceased by her brother Syd
HASTED.
Born in Toronto in 1913,
Grace attended George Syme Public School and Runnymede Collegiate.
After she married Joe in 1939, they moved to the country where
Joe took over the Tottenham Creamery. Both Joe and Grace became
Tottenham stalwarts as members of Christ Church (Anglican), the
bridge club, the lawn bowling club, and supporters of every community
undertaking. After recovering from Joe's unexpected death in
1982, Grace went on to enjoy travelling the world, and involvement
in the horticultural society, the library, and the Tottenham
food bank. Four years ago, she entered a new life chapter first
at Simcoe Village, and later at Simcoe Manor. Visitation at the
Rod Abrams Funeral Home #1666 Tottenham Rd., Tottenham (905) 936-3477
on Thursday November 15th, from 6-9 p.m. Memorial Service to
be held Friday, November 16th at Christ Church (Anglican) Tottenham
at 11: 00 a.m. If desired, donations may be made to Stevenson
Memorial Hospital Foundation or a charity of your choice.

BELFORD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-08 published
AITKEN,
Robert "
Bob"
Died on Friday, December 7, 2007 at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial
Hospital, aged 89. Loving husband of the late Peggy
AITKEN.
Beloved
father of Nick (Sandy), Jim (Susan) and Steve. Cherished friend
Kaye HONE.
Grandfather to Dan
AITKEN, Sara
(Dan)
BELFORD and
Michael AITKEN.
A memorial service to Celebrate Bob's life will held at Walton
Memorial United Church, 2489 Lakeshore Road W., Oakville (just
west of Bronte) on Monday, December 10th at 7: 00 p.m. Donations
to the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital as expressions of
sympathy would be appreciated.